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Quantum releases specs of new HDD

Quantum Atlas 10K III disk drives-with huge capacities of up to 73.4 gigabytes (GB), a 10,000 RPM rotational speed, a 4.5 millisecond (ms) seek time, and a 595 megabit-per-second (Mb/sec) internal transfer rate set a new standard of performance for enterprise and workstation drives. The drives provide superior shock durability and reliability with Quantum's breakthrough Shock Protection System III(SPS III), which guards against one of the leading causes of hard disk failure-mistreatment during handling and integration. The drive also includes Quantum-developed Quiet Drive Technology (QDT) as well as a Data Protection System (DPS). To manage their incredible throughput, Atlas 10K III drives feature today's most advanced interface-the industry leading Ultra320 SCSI.

I don't like this HDD. Between me and the readers, Watch out. IDE interface are being introduced with the same speeds as this drive, over 80GB storage and its cheap! The best bet is, don't buy one of these, wait four months for the IDE version to come out for £120!!! Trust me, they are coming. I am grabbing one as soon as it comes!!! Any more facts or info- e-mail me! It's suprising what I can tell you!Read below if you need the truth:IDE are taking over SCSI(SCSI is the past and we all know that, it will not be worth the worry. It is going to be crossed out by January next year, as example, just as quick as a 486 became the top dogs to five months later, the Pentium was introduced, where is a 486 now? second hand!)

I don't like this HDD. Between me and the readers, Watch out. IDE interface are being introduced with the same speeds as this drive, over 80GB storage and its cheap! The best bet is, don't buy one of these, wait four months for the IDE version to come out for £120!!! Trust me, they are coming. I am grabbing one as soon as it comes!!! Any more facts or info- e-mail me! It's suprising what I can tell you!Read below if you need the truth:IDE are taking over SCSI(SCSI is the past and we all know that, it will not be worth the worry. It is going to be crossed out by January next year, as example, just as quick as a 486 became the top dogs to five months later, the Pentium was introduced, where is a 486 now? second hand!)

stick to seagate or western digitalbtter having 2 40 GB than 1 80 GBi meen anything happenes and that 80 is gone! also keep one for apps and one for storage... less praun to loss of data from GOOD and STABLE OS like Windows... or virises... etc...

Maybe i may sound a bit ignorant with this comment, but ****! 73.8 gig, i find that incredible, however, i also find the price incredible too. I could buy a decent gamin machine for that much, and possibly more. I think this step into the future is awsome, and 73 gig sure would be nice to have, however, i think i may wait a bit before i buy this cash hog, cause at around 1,500 dollars, that may be all i have the cash for

Whoever said IDE is taking over--thats for cheap-*** home systems... IDE is inferior in every aspect, including CPU usage and stability... When was the last time you saw an IDE drive in a server box or a real workstation, eh?

A bigger HDD can only mean one thing ! Be prepare for a BIGGER and LONGER Windows installation in the next version. It leaves your computer feeling slower and sluggish then ever before .That's unless your some rich ***** with no d**k who can afford the state of the art computer

Holy **** 595 mb per second that'll beet the **** outa UDMA 33/66/100 n e daythis is the bomb, but if they wana sell it they are going to have to drop the price but like 80% or the only people who will buy it are rich dorks (bill gates "my idol") or realy fast servers o and die intel u suck